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How do scientists use fossils to tell them how the earth has change over millions of years of history?
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They study the bones and try to figure out what animal it might have been. They can also study the rock around the fossil to tell when the rock existed and therefore when the animal was alive. They can also study the type of rock to give an idea of what the animal liked or disliked.
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How can scientists use fossils to determine environmental change?
fossils are used to determine the history of changes in environment and organisms because to see how they lived long ago on the environment and things like that
Why do fossils change?
fossils change i think
What can fossils tell us about the future?
Fossils can tell us the climate and change in the future....
Are fossils an example of a physical or chemical change?
Fossils are the results of the degradation of the organic material - chemical processes.
Did either animal change its speed how can you tell Fossils?
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How can scientists use fossils to determine environmental change?
fossils are used to determine the history of changes in environment and organisms because to see how they lived long ago on the environment and things like that
Why do fossils of horses that lived millions of years ago look different from your modern horse?
because they change over time
Why do fossils change?
fossils change i think
What is the change through history as scientists learn more about atom is called what is the change through history as scientists learn more about atom is called?
why are you searching it up? you should have known
What Fossil discoveries best demonstrates a change in the Earth's climate?
Scientists find a large amount of fossils of tropical plants and animals in a desert
Which of the following fossil discoveries best demonstrates a change in the Earth's climate?
Scientists find a large amount of fossils of tropical plants and animals in a desert.
Why are fossils used as an evidence of evolution?
They are important because it helps scientists know what things looked like, what they ate, and to see if there are changes between what a certain species used to look like and what it looks like now. This helps scientists to make guesses about how animals or plants developed and changed over time.
What can fossils tell us about the future?
Fossils can tell us the climate and change in the future....
Can rocks change from one type of rock to or not change at all?
Yes, It does change, But it takes millions and millions of year to change.
If species didn't change what type of fossils would we see?
If there was no change in species over time, then all fossils of that species would be identical.
How can scientists use the fossil record to provide evidence that evolution of organisms has occurred over time?
Using methods such as radioactive dating, scientists can determine the approximate age of a fossil or the rock in which it was found. Utilizing this knowledge of approximate age, scientists can compare progressive fossils, and identify changes. Changes are often minimal, and sometimes organisms do not change at all for large amounts of time, making comparative analysis of fossils a tedious task. Some eras produced better fossils than others. This can have several causes, such as particularly prolific habitation of environments that more easily produce fossils, general population booms, certain mass extinction events, and even happenstance. Because some eras produce better or more fossils, and some produce few to almost none, the fossil record can sometimes falter. In such cases, scientific investigations may be forced to fill in blanks between species using genetic analysis of preceding and proceeding species or groups within species, if the fossil(s) contain(s) any remaining genetic material. In other cases, computers will be used to recreate images of the species based on fossils, and identify progression between species. In any case, the fossil record is often used as a base off of which to obtain or recreate further information about an organism's evolutionary history.
Are fossils an example of a physical or chemical change?
Fossils are the results of the degradation of the organic material - chemical processes.
